Olson

*508 These appeals arise from five judgments of dismissal entered against plaintiffs Roger Gifford and Kimberly Olson (collectively plaintiffs) on their separately initiated litigation under the Ralph M. Brown Act 1 (the Act) against the Hornbrook Community Services District (the District) and the resulting costs and attorney fee awards to the District. They contend the District's Board of Directors (the Board) violated the Act by failing to adequately describe several items it acted on over the course of three District meetings and for unreasonably limiting public comment. Plaintiffs seek to invalidate the Board's resulting actions pursuant to section 54960.1, but also to obtain a declaration to determine the applicability of the Act to the Board's actions pursuant to section 54960. The District contends that because it substantially complied with the Act, plaintiffs are barred from relief. We agree with this standard but only for causes of action under section 54960.1 and not for those under section 54960.

On the merits of plaintiffs' claims, we agree the court erred in dismissing all but one of their complaints, and we further agree the court erred in awarding costs and…